What’s a little skunk between friends? Just a little bit? Maybe call it oyster shell. No matter what you call it when combined with the stone and the fruit of... read more →
My appreciation of Hank’s wines is no secret and I’ll try to comment on all new releases. This one comes from a head trained old vineyard in a town called... read more →
In a sea of phony pinks, this one is for real. Refreshing, lingering, with a whole lot of nuance and just pure quaffability. The mineral side of things, that’s my... read more →
This bottle is part of Hardy Wallace’s mourvèdre crusade, and here the boy strikes gold. It reminded me of the southern Rhône with a definite Californian personality. An evocative wine... read more →
Milan left the Provence appellation a while back, opting to be a Vin de France, which is okay for us. The grapes for this beauty are grown on limestone, clay,... read more →
While just a dollar or two more a bottle than the usual Domaine de la Patience offerings, this is in a wildly different category. It’s totally satisfying in that warm... read more →
Folks, our friend Hank did it again. In this vintage of “cedarville,” the foot- stomped grapes turn into rusted pomegranate flavors, but it is elegant and graceful, as if the... read more →
Sure, I listed this wine in November but it bears repeating. This is your party wine for the season. It’s totally satisfying in that warm way of the south of... read more →
The way Hardy (Dirty) Wallace talks of this vineyard it might as well be his spiritual home, and the love has always come through in the bottle. In 2013, the... read more →
The one-liter size seems like just the right thing for this glou glou, easy-to-drink but certainly not mindless, lovely, lovely wine. Ampeleia is a joint venture from Elisabetta Foradori and... read more →